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African hip hop. Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread African American influence. In 1985, hip hop reached Senegal, a French-speaking country in West Africa. Some of the first Senegalese rappers were Munyaradzi Nhidza Lida, M.C. Solaar, and Positive Black Soul . There also have been groups in Tanzania ...
Ludacris' seventh studio album Battle of the Sexes becomes the first hip hop album of 2010 to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. O.S.T.R.'s album Tylko dla dorosłych becomes the first hip hop album of 2010 to reach No. 1 on the OLiS. April. Dr. Dre announces the first single off his much anticipated Detox album. The track features Jay-Z.
Sampling is a foundation of hip hop music, which emerged when producers in the 1980s began sampling funk and soul records, particularly drum breaks. It has influenced many other genres of music, particularly electronic music and pop.
Psychedelic rap is a microgenre which fuses hip hop music with psychedelia. Pioneers included New York’s Native Tongues collective, headlined by De La Soul, Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest, and Shock G. Though the "trip" in trip hop was more linked to dub music than psychedelia, the genre combined psychedelic rock with hip hop.
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Pop rap. Pop rap, also called hip pop, pop hip hop, melodic hip hop or melodic rap, is a blend of pop music with hip hop. In pop rap music, real hip hop elements are removed and hooks are used to achieve (or get) a friendly sound. Mixing beats and rhythms with powerful (strong) melodic hooks can often be found in their original forms of pop music.
Dark Days, Bright Nights. No Limit Records. West Coast Bad Boyz, Vol. 3: Poppin' Collars. October 16. Blaze Ya Dead Homie. 1 Less G n da Hood. Masta Ace. Disposable Arts. Freestyle Fellowship.
